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It's been fairly quiet round these parts for a number of weeks, it seems going on holiday zapped my productivity, but it also gave me time to think...
I've decided to make some changes starting with the blog layout and changing it up to a more simple theme. I've also been combing through and deleting certain posts in an effort to create a more coherent blog,( I hope)!! I must also remember quality over quantity.

Also few months back I wrote about how I felt my personal style was lacking. It turns it it wasn't just my personal style but in other areas of my life too.

When I first set up this blog it was to suppose document my progress with putting my design/pattern cutting knowledge to the test, and to give insight into how a 'designer' might work bloging about inspiration, design variations, colorways, pattern drafting and the best bit; sewing it all up.
Somewhere along the line (or maybe I wasn't even on the line to begin with?) I've become less about that and more about sewing for the sake of sewing. Swayed if you like or keeping up with the Jones even, and whilst I enjoy sewing up a commercial/indie patterns, It was suppose to be about my journey trying to design and then sew them up.

I hope you stick with me on my 'new' journey of trying to re-establish my self-drafting/designing roots. Some of the changes will take time but I felt I needed to get my 'hopes' off my chest.

Happy sewing and thanks for following me this far, here's to the future!!

This skirt was meant to have a center back zip along with side seam pockets. Instead I put the two together and combined the zip into the side seam pocket and thought I would share with you how I did it or basically winged it ;)

What You should Know First:
This is easier than it looks all you need to do is be able to insert an invisible zip.
The waist band was faced but I found it easier to attach the facing once the zip was in place.
This skirt also had lining but the lining fabric is treated as a single layer with the fashion fabric. Prep:
Prior to inserting the zip and pockets and treating the lining and fabric as one layer, I made sure both side seams were over-locked Construction Tips:These are by no means a definite way to do this, just the way I did it.
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1. Pocket pieces should be kept separate, which makes it easier to place on the the skirt.

2. Taking the one pocket piece (Ignore that I have two in the pic) I lined it up on the right side of the skirt, with the correspondin…